honesty
honesty
noun
/ˈɒnəsti/
uncountable
​the quality of being honest
She answered all my questions with her usual honesty.
His honesty is not in question
‘Don't you love me?’ ‘I don't know,’ she said with brutal honesty.
Are you questioning my honesty?
He has the honesty and integrity to be chairman.
I always expect total honesty from my employees.
I appreciate your honesty about this.
She answered the questions with complete honesty.
She had the honesty to admit her mother was right.
You need ruthless intellectual honesty about your own skills, weaknesses and motives.
At least he had the honesty to admit he was wrong.
She prided herself on her honesty.
They have a reputation for scrupulous honesty.
TOPICS Personal qualities B2
Collocations
adjective
absolutecompletetotal…
verb + honesty
admireappreciatevalue…
preposition
with honestyhonesty  about
phrases
honesty and integrityin all honestyin honesty…
Idioms
in (all) honesty
Word Origin
Middle English: from Old French honeste, from Latin honestas, from honestus, from honos, honor. The original sense was ‘honour, respectability’, later ‘decorum, virtue, chastity’.